Montag, 1. Januar 2007

Chaga - sibir. Birkenpilz - betulinic acid

The last section includes 340 Research Papers

1. In 1960, the U.S. National Cancer Institute
noted a report that a decoction of Chaga had been used successfully to
treat cancer in Australia. Well known for stimulating the immune
system, Chaga was approved for public use against cancer by the Medical
Academy of Science in Moscow in 1955.

2. John Pezzuto of the University of Chicago
is quoted as "the activity of the Betulinic acid is one of the most
promising discoveries amongst 2500 plant extracts studied." The
Betulinic acid contained in Chaga covers the full spectrum of immune
stimulating effects found in similar medicinal mushrooms such as
Maitake and Shiitake mushrooms.

3.
Russian and Japanese medical professionals both contend Chaga is many
times more effective than Ganoderma Lucidum or Phellinus Linteus. The
International Agriculture Development Institute in Korea confirms such
claims.

4.
The Japanese Cancer Society claims Chaga plays an important role in
combating cancer and it jointly used with pharmacology drugs and
chemotherapy diminishes their side effects.

5.
"It is a fact that Chaga, placed into a birch bark casket, acquires
more expressed therapeutic properties. Bioactive substances of the
white part of birch bark having triterpenic bonds - betulin, lupeol,
betulinic acid, etc. - possess anti-cancerous activity,
causing apoptosis (programmed cell death) of cancerous cells and this
is transfered to Chaga, thus strengthening its properties..", says Galina
Mikhaylovna Fedoseeva the Chairman of the Department of Pharmacognosy
and Botany of Irkutsk State Medical University, professor, Doctor of
the pharmaceutical sciences.

6.
Numerous studies also indicate a 50% reduction in glycemic peaks are
achieved due to the Beta Glucan effects on blood sugar levels. There
are over 1000 research papers on Beta Glucan activity including studies
from Harvard Medical School, National Cancer Institute, the Department of Agriculture
and others. These studies prove Beta Glucan are external
immunomodulators to keep one's immune system in a highly prepared
state.